LeThe Wilvy_4 - Camp Wilvaken

Vol. 1 Issue 4
Sunday, July 14, 2013
The Record-Breaking Size of a Maple Leaf
Matthew L-G poses with the oneinch-tall maple leaf that he found
in Old Archery. Photo by Aurélie.
Written by Felix
Dictated and found by Matthew L-G.
It was the first day of real camp, and I was doing Voyageur at 9:00 a.m.
I was looking for an albino fern but I
didn’t find it.
All of a sudden, I stumbled across
a maple leaf that was one inch tall. I
picked it up, and then I saw that there
were two that were about the same
size. I threw away one away and kept
the smallest one. I ran to the
counsellor and showed it to her. She
was astonished that a maple leaf
could be that small.
We walked back to the trip shed at
the end of the period and pressed the
maple leaf inside the book, ‘One
Thousand Questions.’ PS: I also
found a fern that was two inches tall.
Strong Winds Wreak Havoc on Boat Beach
Josh, Julien, Gabby, Bernal, Jess and Eric were ‘rescue heroes’
after red Mistral tipped, white mistral turtled and crash boat died
Special Report by
Alyssa and Rhiannon
It was Wednesday,
July 10 at 3:15 p.m., and
everyone was thrilled to
go out sailing on the first
day of extreme winds this
summer. Crews were
decided: Luca, Talya,
Marina and Sophie were
in the White Mistral; and
Bernal, Ben, Alex L-G
and Thierry were in the
red mistral. Rhiannon and
I were sitting on the Boat
Beach dock with Gabby
napping beside us.
All of a sudden, Josh
and Julien ran by and
yelled at Gabby to follow
them. Soon enough, we
saw that the Red Mistral
had tipped and that the
White Mistral had turtled.
Josh, Julien and Gabby
jumped into the ski boat
to go rescue the sailors.
In the distance, we could
also see that the crash
boat’s engine had stopped
working and that Quentin
was stranded in the middle
of the lake. “Je me sentais
très mal,” il a dit. “J’ai
eu très peur. J’ai cru que
j’allais mourir. Mes
fidèles amis Josh, Julien
at Gabby sont venus me
sauver au milieu du lac
alors que mon bateau
dérivait vers le large due
à une avarie moteur.”
The ski boat dropped
Josh off at the turtled
sailboat. He safely brought
Talya, Marina and Sophie
back to shore, and towed
Quentin in the crash boat.
“The gust of wind forced
the boat to jibe, which filled
it with water,” Marina said.
“Bailing didn’t help, so we
tipped. Confusion between
us led to the turtling of the
sailboat.” She added that the
experience was scary, but
that she learned a lot from it.
Soudainement, plusieurs
moniteurs tels que Jess et
Eric sont embarqués dans le
bateau de ski nautique pour
aller aider le ‘white mistral’.
Ils sont rapidement
revenus avec ce bateau
attaché en arrière. Luca
nous a dit que Bernal
avait sauvé le bateau.
When Bernal saw the
distressed White Mistral, he
took the sails off of his
sailboat and jumped in the
water to rescue the stranded
crew and unturtle the boat.
“The waves were massive,
the wind was shifting and the
gusts were horrifying,”
Bernal said. Alex L-G - one
of Bernal’s crewmembers went as far as to say that
Bernal deserves to be a
super skipper. Gabby
thought that Bernal handled
the situation as best he
could. “Overall, it was a
lot of fun,” he said. “I was
excited to help in the first
sailing catastrophe of the
summer.” Throughout the
catastrophe, Alex was in his
boat, singing songs to make
everyone happy.
Finalement, tout le
monde était saufs et seins
sur la plage de bateau.
C’était sans doute l’une
des journées les plus
chaotiques à Wilvaken,
mais c’est certain que tous
les gens inclus se
souviendront de cette
journée.
Cohen’s
Corner
Megan’s Horse
Finally Arrives
at Wilvaken
By Joshua Cohen
Staff writer
Chloe, which is
Megan’s horse, just
arrived this week. She’s
20 years old and is still
in her prime. Megan
takes good care of her to
keep her fit. “She’s
gentle, head-shy and
very polite,” Taylor
said. “Overall, I’m
jealous of Megan for
owning Chloe.”
A thoroughbred,
flea-bitten grey mare,
Chloe used to be a
racehorse. She has a
tattoo under her lip. She
once w o n $ 5 , 5 0 0
d u rin g a ra c e .
Later, she became a
jumper and was worth
$60, 000. Chloe was the
3 ft. mid-west champion
once upon a time.
Unfortunately, Chloe
was abused while
working as a jumper.
She was forced to
jump too high.
At camp, Chloe is
used in Beginner and
Advanced lessons.
Chloe has had an
incredible past, which
lead into a perfect present
here at Wilvaken.
Volume. 1 Issue 4
Page 2
Sunday, July 14, 2013
U n e j o u r n é e s p é c i a l e ‘Super Tramp’ Dropped
Its Anchor This Week
By Nava Camlot
Friday was backwards day, so EP took
place from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Camp had its
own version of Tam Tams, which is a
weekly gathering that takes place on
Mount Royal, in Montreal. Photo by Gloria
Par Emmanuelle Simard
Ce matin, on a fait une fête de plage, car
c’était une journée à l’envers.
Pendant la fête, tout le monde était en train
de se baigner, de jouer au volleyball, de danser
avec le rythme de la musique et de faire du
boogieboard.
Cedar a distribué des Mister Freeze et les
LIT ont préparé un bol de fruits, de limonade et
des biscuits aux avoines et raisins. Il faisait très
beau et très chaud dehors.
First Mégantique Hike
Returns to Camp Safely
The water
trampoline, which
people are calling the
‘super tramp,’ was a
huge hit. Everyone
wanted to jump on it.
Buddy call numbers
went up to 20 – it was
crazy! I tried it and it
was awesome. The best
part about the
trampoline was
jumping off of it. Let’s
see what other campers
thought.
“I thought it was
overrated at first,” said
Gabby. “But then I
tried it and it was
awesome!” The
trampoline is a huge,
blue floating hexagon on
the water, so I can
imagine why some
people would think that
it’s overrated. “It brings
a fun activity to camp –
a lot of people will love
it,” said Marina. It might
not be the funnest
activity because you
can’t jump too high on
it, as Oscar pointed out.
“It’s not the funnest
activity at camp, but it’s
really fun!” he said.
Overall, everyone loves
the new water
trampoline.
Rowing Could be Making
a Comeback, Says France
By Kate and Oli
All the rowboats
were out on the lake
Tuesday morning, and it
wasn’t because there
were lots of campers
going sailing.
The girls in France
were happily rowing in
the area close to boat
beach.
Mia said she believes
that rowing is an
activity that is neglected
at camp. She also stated
that she thinks that
rowing levels should be
brought back.
Naomi said that she
hopes to inject some
style back into the sport.
“It’s fun,” she said. “It’s
a nice way to spend my
time.”
Oscar Finds Jerry the Toad
By Oscar Camlot
Staff writer
Wilvaken sent out its first Mont
Mégantique hike on Tuesday, July 9.
It returned two days later, on July
11. It poured rain, but they managed
to build a massive fire one night.
From left to right: Diego, Eli, Viola,
Romy, Anthony, Berta, Carla and
Felix. Photo by Cedar
It was only 7:00 a.m.
on Tuesday when Marc,
Josh, Julien, Jamie,
Kelsie, Marina and I set
out on our nature walk.
Everything was still,
when suddenly a toad
popped out of a tree next
to the lodge. I ran up to
the toad and caught it.
Adoring the cute toad,
I was inspired by Marina
to name him Jerry.
After I caught Jerry, I
couldn’t let him go.
We decided to go to
the trip shed, where we
found him a nice habitat
for the nature walk.
During the nature
walk, I wouldn’t let
anyone grab Jerry
because I was afraid
they would hurt him.
Because of this, Jerry
and I bonded.
When we got back to
the lodge, I found out
that I couldn’t keep
Jerry. I was really
disappointed. I let him
go because I know it
was the best for him.